diff --git a/src/plugins/git/gitclient.cpp b/src/plugins/git/gitclient.cpp
index b81c316db79..4a2889d9f0b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/git/gitclient.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/git/gitclient.cpp
@@ -3286,8 +3286,7 @@ bool GitClient::cloneRepository(const QString &directory,const QByteArray &url)
         workingDirectory.cdUp();
         const SynchronousProcessResponse resp =
                 synchronousGit(workingDirectory.path(), arguments, flags);
-        // TODO: Turn this into a VcsBaseClient and use resetCachedVcsInfo(...)
-        VcsManager::resetVersionControlForDirectory(workingDirectory.absolutePath());
+        resetCachedVcsInfo(workingDirectory.absolutePath());
         return (resp.result == SynchronousProcessResponse::Finished);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseclient.cpp b/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseclient.cpp
index 64db7df7a63..e0198f5cfea 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseclient.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseclient.cpp
@@ -171,6 +171,11 @@ QProcessEnvironment VcsBaseClientImpl::processEnvironment() const
     return environment;
 }
 
+void VcsBaseClientImpl::resetCachedVcsInfo(const QString &workingDir)
+{
+    Core::VcsManager::resetVersionControlForDirectory(workingDir);
+}
+
 int VcsBaseClientImpl::vcsTimeout() const
 {
     return settings().intValue(VcsBaseClientSettings::timeoutKey);
@@ -627,11 +632,6 @@ VcsBaseEditorWidget *VcsBaseClient::createVcsEditor(Core::Id kind, QString title
     return baseEditor;
 }
 
-void VcsBaseClient::resetCachedVcsInfo(const QString &workingDir)
-{
-    Core::VcsManager::resetVersionControlForDirectory(workingDir);
-}
-
 void VcsBaseClient::statusParser(const QString &text)
 {
     QList<VcsBaseClient::StatusItem> lineInfoList;
diff --git a/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseclient.h b/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseclient.h
index f344bad3b9f..d176e926768 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseclient.h
+++ b/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseclient.h
@@ -90,6 +90,9 @@ public:
 
     virtual QProcessEnvironment processEnvironment() const;
 
+protected:
+    void resetCachedVcsInfo(const QString &workingDir);
+
 private:
     void saveSettings();
     void commandFinishedGotoLine(QWidget*);
@@ -214,8 +217,6 @@ protected:
                                          const char *registerDynamicProperty,
                                          const QString &dynamicPropertyValue) const;
 
-    void resetCachedVcsInfo(const QString &workingDir);
-
 private:
     void statusParser(const QString&);
     void annotateRevision(const QString&, const QString&, const QString&, int);